Photographic posing device.



No. 893,542. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

- P. W. G. POHLE. PHOTOGRAPHIG POSING DEVICE.

- APPLIOATION FILED APR. 15,190'7.

HW-QPGPP 253 FREDERICK W. C. POHLE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

PHOTOGRAPHIG POSIN G DEVICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed April 15, 1907. Serial No. 368,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. C. PoHLE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographic Posing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved photographic posing-device; and its primary object is the production of a device of this char acter which can be applied to any type of chair or stool and be adjusted to hold a child in the desired pose for taking its picture.

Other objects are to so construct the device, that by changing the direction and form of the holding-arms it may be used vertically, horizontally or at any angle, as may be most convenient in securing it to an object; to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable device of this kind; to so arrange the parts that the support may serve as a back-rest and that the entire device will be hidden from the point of view the picture is to be taken; and

to otherwise improve on devices for a similar purpose.

35 jview of the same.

To these ends, the invention consists of the arrangement, construction, and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and par .ticularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken through the lower slide-head.

The reference numeral 1 designates a stool or other object to which the standard or support 2 of the device is affixed. This standard preferably consists of a base plate 3 having screw-holes through which screws 4 are passed that take into the object to which the device is to be affixed, and an upright 5 formed of wire bent mid-length to provide two parallel bars 6 separated by an intervening space 7 and having their lower ends secured in any approved manner to said base- Plate' The holding-device with its retainingmeans is bodily movable on said support, and

in preferred form comprises two slide-heads 8 and 9, holding-arms 10, brace-arms 11, and retaining-means 12 whereby the holding arms may be retained in any adjusted position.

Each of the slide-heads consists of two plates 13 which lie on opposite sides of the parallel bars 6 and project with their ends beyond said bars, as at 14; said plates being bulged outward to form grooves 15 on their inner sides to fit said parallel bars.

Between the projecting ends of the plates forming the lower slide-head, the inner flattened ends 16 of the holding-arms are piv0t ally held by pivot pins 17. Said holdingarms are formed of wire, and from their points of pivotal connection are curved outward and upward, as at '18, thence bent forward at an angle to the parts 18, to form holding-portions 19 which are oppositely curved to conform to the body of a child. These holding-portions are adapted to lie against opposite sides of a child directly beneath the arm pits, while the back of the child may receive support from the standard 2.

The brace-arms 1 1 connect the upper slidehead 8 with the holding-arms 10, and have one of their ends pivotally attached between the projecting ends of the plates forming said slide-head, by pivot-pins 21, and their opposite ends pivotally connected. to clips 22 soldered. or otherwise secured to the holdingarms between their outer holding portions and their inner pivoted ends. Said upper slide-head is loosely applied to the support so that it may be freely moved thereon and the rear plate of said slide-head has an extension 23 at its lower edge which is bent rearward and upward and. provided with an opening 24 to form a loop.

The retaining-means 12 above referred to, consists of a toothed bar 25 which stands in rear of the support and in a plane central between the parallel bars of the latter; its lower end being preferably reduced in diameter, as at 26, and passed through alined openings in the plates of the lower slide-head with the shoulder 27 formed by reducing said end, bearing against the outer face of the rear plate and its projecting end headed against the outer face of the front plate. In this manner the lower slide-head is clamped against the bars of the support and held thereon in any adjusted position by frictional contact. Owing to the retainer-bar having considerable length and being held at its lower end only, it can be easily sprung toward the support. The upper end of said spring retainer-bar is passed. through the opening 24 of the loop on the upper slideward the support, it is freed from the loop of the upper slide-head, which latter may be slid on the support to cause the holding-arms to be swung inward to embrace the body of the child, after which the retainer-bar may 'be released to again engage said loop and.

lock the parts against movement. It is apparent, therefore, that the device is adjustable both in height and width to properly hold children of any size while posing for photographic pictures.

For very small children I have found it desirable to provide a head-rest 28 which I removably apply to the standard. and which consists preferably of a solid curved back 29 having a boss 30 which enters the space 7 between the bars of the support and has its parallel sides 31 in contact with said bars to prevent turning; said solid back being cushioned to provide a comfortable rest. Said rest is retained. in any adjusted position by a thumb-screw 32 having opposite wings or eX- tensions 33 that impinge against the rear faces of the bars 6 to clamp the head-rest to said bars. WVhen it is desired to remove said. headrest,-the thumb-screw is turned one-quarter of a revolution in the direction of unscrewing so as to loosen it and at the same tine bring the wings thereof into a po sition parallel with the bars of the support, whereupon the head-rest may be drawn forward and the thumb-screw thereof drawn through the space between said bars. After the thumb-screw is loosened in the manner described, adjustment of the head rest may also be effected by raising or lowering it to the desired point and then tightening said screw to cause the wings thereof to again impinge against the bars of the support.

y changing the shape of the holdingarms, the device may be usedin other posi tions than that herein shown, and it is to be understood that parts of the device may be omitted, or other parts having similar functions may be substituted without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is,

1. In a posing-device, the combination of a support consisting of two parallel bars, holding-arms held to said support, and a head-rest vertically adjustable on said support and having a boss fitting between the parallel bars of the latter and a thumbscrew having opposite wings which bear against said bars to hold the head-rest to said support and which permit the removal of said head-rest when turned to a position parallel with said bars.

2. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, two slide heads on said support, holding-arms having one of their ends pivotally secured to one of the said slide-heads, brace-arms having one of their ends pivotally attached to the other slide-head and their opposite ends pivotally attached to said holding-arms, and means for retaining said last mentioned slide-head in any adjusted position.

3. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, a toothed bar on said support, holding-arms pivotally attached to said support, a slide-head on said support engaged by said bar, and connections between said slidehead and said holding-arms.

4. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, a slide-head retained in any adjusted position on said support by frictional contact, a toothed bar arranged parallel with the support and secured to said slide-head, holding-arms having their inner ends pivotally connected to said slide-head, a second slide-head on said support engaged by said toothed bar so as to be retained in any adjusted position, and brace-arms pivotally connecting said second slide-l1ead with said holding-arms.

5. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, a slide-head adjustable on said support, a toothed spring-bar secured to said slide-head and arranged in rear of said support, holding-arms pivotally attached at their inner ends to said slide-head so as to swing laterally, a second slide-head adjustable on said support and having a loop through which said toothed bar is passed and which is adapted to be engaged by said bar, and brace-arms pivotally connecting the last mentioned slide-head with said holding-arms. 6. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, comprising a base-plate and an upright formed of wire and bent between its ends into two parallel bars having their lower ends secured to said base-plate, two slideheads on said support, each comprising two grooved plates lying on opposite sides of said parallel bars with the grooves fitting the latter, holding-arms pivotally connected between the ends of the plates of one of said slide-heads and having their pivot-pins connecting said plates, brace-arms pivotally ingarms, and means connected at one of their ends between the ends of the plates of the other slide-head and having pivot pins connecting said plates and their other ends pivotally connected to said.

holding-arms, and means to retain the latter in any adjusted position.

7. In a posing-device, the combination of a support comprising two parallel bars, slide-heads on said bars, each slide-head comprising two plates arranged on opposite sides of said bars, holding-arms pivotally attached between the ends of the plates of one slidehead, brace-arms having one of their ends pivotally attached between the ends of the plates of the other slide-head and their opposite ends pivotally connected with said holdfor holding said last mentioned slide-head in any adjusted position on said support.

8. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, two slide-heads on said support, each slide-head comprising two plates lying on opposite sides of said support with the ends thereof projecting beyond the edges of the latter and one plate of one of said slide-heads having an upwardly inclined extension provided with an opening to form a loop, a spring toothed bar secured to the other slidehead and passing through engaged thereby, I holding-arms pivotally attached between the projecting ends of the plates of the last mentioned slide-head, and brace-arms having one of their ends pivotally attached between the projecting ends of the plates of the other slide-head and their opposite ends pivotallyconnected to said holding-arms.

9. In a posing-device, the combination of a support, holding-arms pivotally and slidably connected at one of their ends to said support, and brace arms pivotally and slidably connected at one of their ends to said support and having their other ends pivotally connected with said holding-arms. In testimony whereof, I have afliXed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK W. O. POHLE.

Witnesses:

ELLA O. PLUEOKHAHN, CHRIST FEINLE.

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